Marc Marquez he finished seventh in the sprint. A playing with Pedro Acosta in the first round, it hampered his career, although he admitted that “If anyone could avoid it, it was me.”. This touch put an end to the test of the Mazarrón Shark, which had to abandon following the fall of its fairing. However, the man from Lleida believes that he would not have changed careers much either because the feelings were not good.
“No. With an acceptable good start, I would have finished sixth; With the touch on the first lap, I finished seventh. It didn’t affect much. You suffer a turn. On a lap I saved this morning, but in terms of pace it costs me more than usual. Tomorrow, let’s see if we can improve,” the eight-time world champion began by saying.
Regarding the incident with Acosta, Marc Márquez admitted his mistake: “You know that I am always honest, The contact with Acosta was a career move, but if anyone could avoid it, it was me.. He never saw me. Obviously I thought all the overtaking was over. It is true that in this curve, when we enter from the outside, we make the apex of the curve in the middle; When you go in, you go on longer and then come back. We met then, but Acosta is rightif anyone could have prevented it… he saw nothing. It’s like what happened with Augusto Fernández. The same”.
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“The first braking? I saw he was braking late and I saw whether to go outside or inside, I saw that Bastianini appeared and I no longer had a choice and had to get out. This point is particularly difficult because when you arrive I saw that the brakes were not yet at the right temperature to brake hard and that is why when you brake and see that it does not brake, you unconsciously give more of pressure, but, at the same time, the brakes come up to temperature and that’s when it blocks, which is normal for brakes, not that it’s not normal, that’s how it is with carbon brakes . For tomorrow, let’s see if we can brake late because you have to brake late and aggressively to unlock the front device, but at the same time maintain that inside position,” he explained about his arrival at one point.
Pessimistic for Sunday
Concerning the problems on the track, the Gresini driver declared himself more pessimistic for the long race: “For now, more pessimistic. Let’s see if tomorrow we can improve a little, but, for now, at long distance, If today the race lasts 24 instead of 12, four or five more will escape us.“.
Regarding Bagnaia’s continued driving in Q2, he explained: “The way of proceeding is not adapted to the pace of the race. Here, four months ago, it was slow on a lap, in quotes, but much faster in terms of consistency. Now, I have more difficulty with regularity and especially comfort. You, When you’re not comfortable, that’s when it’s hard for you to be consistent.“.
Happy for Alex’s performance
The one from Cervera was very happy with his brother’s performance, Alex Marquezin the sprint and at the last Grand Prix: “Even if this perhaps does not translate into spectacular results, but has an excellent season finale. In Malaysia, I was going very fast, completing two quarters and here, in Montmeló, it was always fast. “In the first race here everything went well and this weekend it’s the fastest GP23 on track.”
He also spoke about having an end without a good taste in his mouth, due to the bad feelings he experiences in Montmeló: “Obviously, You always want the last race to end well, but the taste in the mouth does not depend on one race or another. We know that on this circuit, historically, I have always suffered and this weekend is no different.
No injuries in 2024
This year, no Grand Prix was lost. His physique respected him and did not suffer any injuries for the first time since his injury in 2020: “This was one of the key points of this year.try not to have injuries, thus gaining positive inertia on the physical level, because when you are injured a new injury appears and you do not recover from the old one. This year, the fact of being present at all the races, the fact of competing in an entire championship, it also gives you that little extra riding time, that little extra confidence and at the same time, physically you feel better only better.”
Marc Márquez was positively surprised by the organization of an express GP on the Barcelona circuit: “Spectacular, above all, the level of organization in just two weeks because it’s not easy at all. “I’m sure it helps.”
Finally, the six-time champion of the category spoke about the fight for the title between Jorge Martín and Pecco Bagnaia: “In the title I think that Jorge did today what he had to do and Bagnaia did what he had to doso if tomorrow both do what they have to do, Jorge wins, it depends on him.
